The philosophers of the Middle Ages believed they were unearthing existing wisdom, not creating new ideas.

Jews of different stripes differ greatly with respect to their assessment of the role Jewish law should play today—and each camp has much to learn from the others.

Jonathan Safran Foer's 9/11 novel explores the dialectic between absence and presence.

A remarkable discovery with eternal repercussions

Rabbi Akiva argued that the Song of Songs "defiled the hands" — which meant it was sacred. In fact, he argued it was the most sacred book of the Bible.

The book of Esther is not a historical document in the usual sense--but that doesn't undermine its importance as a religious book in the Jewish canon.

The process varies from movement to movement, but certain rituals are common to all of them.

While the early Reform movement presented selected universal, liberal moral teachings as the core of Judaism, the contemporary Reform movement is rediscovering many particularistic Jewish practices.

Beta Israel women in Ethiopian villages were inactive in public and were in charge of the domestic sphere.

A year marked by big changes and bigger scandals.